Emily Tranquilla e Paziente
 

This is something a little different for me. I'm doing this as a sample for an Auction. I'm donating my portrait services for. The school is an Upper Eastside all girls school, where my wife works as the K-4th grade Art Teacher (she has the best job, her room has 3 windows facing central park.) We are going to have the portrait on view in her class room a week before the auction, so the kids can bug their parents and drive up the bidding price. :) uh and maybe get some comissions. heheheh sneaky.

This is an in progress shot that I had to take cause I just got a new digital camera. When it's done I'll post the finished.

David. this is fabulous! It should generate a lot of attention for you. It's another very sensitive and compelling portrait of yours that makes me return again and again for another look. You know I'm going to be peppering you with questions about how you did this. I have yet to discern where it need more finishing. When is the auction?

(in awe),
Garth

David, you are too good! Hope all goes well in Boston, this is a lovely young lady by the way! :thumbsup:

David,

This is unfinished? Wow. Your colors work so well together, like your other portrait which put you in the finals at PSOA - isn't that this week?? Is this burnt sienna I keep seeing in your paintings? Please don't think I'm being rude to ask here - even if I am.

I am also in awe - her expression is so much like a 2nd grader wondering "just what is that man looking at anyway??" And the hands......WOW!

Denise

Simply beautiful! Good luck with the auction!

This is beautiful - and her hands are magnificent!

Two words, too beautiful.

David,
I love to see your work - very inspirational!!

Thanks everyone. I'm getting excited about the PSOA show. I just got the painting back from the photographer and I'll try to post a new image of the finished and few details. I worked a lot more on the hands, they were so much fun to do, baby chub fingers have so much color.

Whoa.

You know, I need a lot of convincing (or a very big martini) to get me to think this is unfinished. Your stuff just blows me out of the water, Dave.

You deserve some serious commissions, sneaky or no. Best of luck at the auction!

Thanks Rob,

I was always jealous of you SVA guys in school I was always up against you guys in the SI student shows. Mostly Marvin's students. I'd love to see more of your work. The unfinished parts are mostly because I love to build up textures and scumbling colors over others to get blues through warms. fun stuff. I just got a commission today in fact from a woman that lives in Greenwich, CT she wants me to paint her kids. I'm really glad she has large family, 2 girls and 2 boys. she want them to be all separate works.

Dave, I've spent the last 15 minutes staring at this painting. I can't tell you how much I wish I had painted it. It knocks my socks off.

As if you have'nt heard it already, beautiful! Very untraditional as a child's portrait, but stunning!

looks finished to me!